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Originally Posted by djplong
1) Can you supply a quote for Obama saying he'd cut the BUDGET in half?
2) You DO need 60 votes. The GOP has demonstrated they will filibuster ANY bill they don't like. One of the problems is that they only have the THREATEN to filibuster - they don't actually have to DO it (ever since some Senate rules reforming that occurred, I believe, in the 1980s)
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From Feb, 2009
"Barack Obama pledged Monday to cut the nation's $1.3 trillion deficit in half by the end of his first term"
Obama pledges to cut nation's deficit in half - Feb. 23, 2009
Now, DJPLONG...I am getting a bit tired of the same old rhetoric from this President blaming all the woes on the other party. They, the Republicans have their serious shortcomings and are not without blame but there are in excess of TWENTY FIVE bills in the Senate passed the House that resolve around jobs.
I dont blame Obama for all the woes of the world, but in that same speech where he promised to reduce the budget by one half...he said this.
"He identified exploding health-care costs as the chief culprit behind rising federal deficits during a bipartisan "fiscal responsibility summit" convened to discuss ways to restore fiscal stability without deepening the recession."
We all know what he has done about health care
COSTS....NOTHING.
I said this in 2008 and I said..watch what he does, NOT what he says. I have seen no effort from the President in even talking about reducing the deficit.....he does not even try.
He appoints panels and commissiond and then ignores them. Sorry..this particular issue and the backroom, blacmail infested health care bill just infuriate me !